Why Writing Things Down is Very Smart

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Have you ever wondered what’s best pen and paper or digital? In this episode, Neil shares why writing stuff down using pen and paper is important for us all. He explains how our ideas and memories can be captured with flair and revisited with ease. If you want to ensure that your teaching flow is not disrupted and those creative moments are not lost listen in.   KEY TAKEAWAYS I'm a massive fan of paper and pen but am also a huge advocate of all things digital. The key is to choose the right medium for the situation. Research suggests that writing things down compels us to reprocess our thoughts and understanding. The very act of forming words and handling a pen causes our brains to engage different motor groups, so more of your brain is firing off when you are processing your thoughts and getting them down on paper. We need to crystallise the ideas we have, and it is vital to be able to bring them together into some sort of order. Starting to write things down helps us to put ideas in order. Emotions can be difficult to convey but writing them down allows you to bring them to together and organise them and in doing so better understand them. Paper can be BIG, tiny screens will keep your thoughts small. You can work on a very large scale with any paper extending it physically as your ideas are extended and shaped around a particular challenge. Paper documents such as journals and photos document our journeys through life holding our ideas, thoughts and memories. A scrapbook of the positive things you have achieved is a great way to remind yourself of all you have achieved and the difference you have made to others. They remind us of the people we have known and the ways in which we have helped and guided them. I love writing and the right pen, ink and paper is very seductive. It only takes seconds to jot down a spark of an idea without disrupting the lesson and there is something tactile about leaving written records for others in the future.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I’m able to put restless ideas in order and sort the relationships between ideas’ ‘You can drag those seething emotions out, put them on paper and examine them’ ‘When I write things down on paper it makes me seem mercurial’ ‘When you are writing the ideas are being woven into the way you already think’   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast Weird Things Guitarists Do book by Neil Cowmeadow www.Neilcowmeadow.com ABOUT THE HOST Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years’ experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS! CONTACT METHOD [email protected]

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